Fordonia leucobalia

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)

Lectotype: RMNH 1161, ♀, collected by H.C. Macklot & S. Müller between 1825–1832. [designated by Iskandar & Colijn (2001: 92)]
Type locality: “Timor”.

Homalopsis leucobalia Schlegel, 1837: 345 [original combination]
Fordonia leucobalia — Gray, 1842: 67 [subsequent combination]
Hemiodontus leucobalia — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 884 [subsequent combination]

Fordonia papuensis Macleay, 1877: 35
- Lectotype: AM R31905 (formerly MMUS R914). [designated by Loveridge (1949)]
- Type locality: “Katow”, Binaturi River, Papua New Guinea.
- Paralectotypes (n=2): AM R31903–04 (formerly MMUS R912-913), same data as for the lectotype.

Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.
Macleay, W.J. 1877. The ophidians of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(1): 33–41. BHL Reference page.

Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page.

Cogger, H., Greenlees, M., Fenner, A., Gillespie, G., Robertson, P. & Murphy, J. 2018. IUCN: Fordonia leucobalia (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176694A83452701. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176694A83452701.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.